2011 Year in Review: SuhaibWebb.com

2011 was a year of moves to remember from all corners of the world: By the grace of Allah, Pharonic tyrants were forcibly moved off their thrones in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, readers hearts around the world moved to hold qiyams for the countless citizens risking their lives for freedom daily, and the Real Talk express moved from the best coast to the (b)east coast, with Suhaib Webb taking a new role as the imam for the Islamic Center of Greater Boston.

Following last year’s launch of our revamped website, our Webb Authors strove to cultivate a virtual mosque: answering fiqh (law) questions on pressing topics such as through the “Islam and the Internet” series, giving nasiha on building excellent character through articles such as the “How to Achieve Tranquility of the Heart” series, and sparking rich discussions about culture through articles such as the Balancing Arabization series. In 2011, Suhaibwebb.com launched an advice corner with dedicated counselors to answer your questions, we saw our first article authored entirely by you, the readers, on “Inspiring our Children to Pray,” launched our Twitter and Facebook accounts, and continued to give voice to inspiring conver(t)sations, from students in NYU to the incredible story of brother Wudhu Al-Amin. Any reflection on the past year would be remiss without a mention of our continued mourning of the unjust killing of Shaykh Emad Effad in Egypt, rahimuallah, reminding us that the struggle for justice and dignity never ceases. May we be inspired by the legacy of all great believers who came before us, and build a legacy of our own that shines with mercy, light and benefit to all humanity. The following is a list of 30 articles that were found to resonate most strongly with our readers. It is undoubtedly an incomplete list. What article sticks out in your memory from the past year? Leave a comment to let us know!

Distance in Marriage – One of the inaugural articles by “WebbCounselors” providing specific, practical advice on how to save a marriage facing deep divisions.

From Facebook to God’s Book – Analyzes why many of us have an addictive relationship to social media as means to inspire us to have a much greater relationship with our friends in the Qur’an instead.

Question on Intercourse – A sensitive question addressed directly. A healthy sex life within the bounds of marriage is noted as important in order to battle with an increasingly sexualized and pornified society.

Someone Had to Say it!

Being Religious Without Being A Jerk – An urgent reminder to the community that there is nothing that has gentleness except that it is beautified, and nothing that has harshness except that it becomes ugly.

Smiling and Saying Salaam -An inspiring call for each of us to BE the ones that spark joy and brotherhood wherever we go by smiling and saying salaam to one another.

Supplicating

Effectively Planning Your Du`a’ – Inspiring us to plan as carefully for our personal supplications to God as we do for other important things in our life such as job interviews or selecting our spouse.

A Sacred Conversation – Explaining the power of turning to ask from Allah at that time of the night when we can finally fully relax – when work ends, traffic sleeps, and silence is the only sound.

Salah: Life’s Forgotten Purpose – The importance of remembering prayer: We feed our bodies, because if we didn’t, we’d die. But why do so many of us starve our souls, forgetting that if we are not praying, our soul is dead?

Love & the Heart

Al-Jabbar: Mending the Broken Hearts – One article in a popular series on achieving tranquility in the heart. Here, an exploration of ho Allah is Al-Jabbar – the One who is able to restore and mend what is broken. n someone else is faced with such a time of monumental hardship and change.

Take Back Your Heart – A reminder that when you reach rock bottom in the ocean of dunya - you can either drown – or you can gather pearls and rise back up by freeing your heart.

Thoughts on Parenting – How to bring your child up to be strong and therefore courageous. To know what is right and what is wrong and therefore be trustworthy. To be charismatic – and inspirational even!

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Jazakallah khair for this great review. Its a great oppurtunity for us the readers to read any of the articles we may have missed! My personal favorites were Wifehood and motherhood are not the only ways to paradise and From Facebook to God’s Book!

ASA,
Alhumdulillah for such great reminders. May Allah reward allt he writers and readers in both worlds, Ameen.
My personal favourites are: Al-Jabbar, mending the broken hearts, Salah- A forgotten purpose, Why ppl leave each other,Wifehood and motherhood are not the only ways to paradise.
Jazakallah Khair.

As a returning muslima,initially Quran and Sunnah thats all i have but now i also have and in need of all articles within SuhaibWebb.com virtual mosque for deeper understanding of the Quran and the Sunnah.How could i be able to select one?

Conver(t)sations: the Unheard Stories of Muslim Converts opened up a new chapter in my life and Insyaallah may Allah preserve me on that path. The honest sharing by the brothers and sisters put me into such humility that I “gifted” as a “non-convert” (*chuckles*) have taken so many things for granted, shook me and woke me up.

alhumdullilah – so many gems on the site, including those not listed here! even though I’m not a parent, my personal favorite currently is the “thoughts on parenting one.” it has great insight on character development.

Masha Allah, its brill, the recap of an entire year’s worth of articles.. but i was truly moved by one paticular article which unfortunately is not mentioned ”love of the gift- by yasmin mogahed” ?? that was really one of the best i’ve ever read..

Assalamualaikum, i’m from Malaysia. I’m the one of your fan.I like ur show very much.Those show really benefits me. I’ve never been missed your show from the day I start to watch your show.I hope this show will be continue forever and ever…May Allah Bless You Ser Suhaib. Amin…

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